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New Island: Maati
NEW ISLAND: MAATI
The votes are in! And despite the abstracted nature of this round of voting, most characters elected to vote for the fourth option presented: the one represented by golden flames, a set of scales, and a number of shapes that resemble birds.
The newest addition to LifeAftr can be found on our Locations page. The Storyteller alert explorers on the night prior that the new island will be ready for exploration via the mana pools on November 10th.
Transportation
The Storyteller will manage to link Maati's mana pool with Ensō's. As they are still in a state of recovering from the havoc the fabric of Mu has played on your psyches, as well as the multiple resurrections they had to enact all at once, they do not - or rather, cannot - inform you of any specific dangers or things to watch out for on the island of Maati.
The mana pool is present on the E5 square, should the characters choose to arrive via that method. In addition, characters are free to sail there on their own, if they so choose.
The Storyteller does mention the name of the island, at least, in the initial dream.
Be the Power to Compel Me
The island itself is relatively bare, surrounded on all sides by cliffs. The cliffs are sheer, so much so that attempts to climb them will come with a high chance of failure unless characters invest a few stories into proper climbing gear. Those with powers of flight and teleportation will also be incapable of reaching the top until these areas have been explored...or otherwise made available to them.
This land lacks very many natural resources due to how rocky and desolate it appears to be. However, that does not mean that nothing can be uncovered in this area at all - old tools and equipment can be uncovered with enough searching, as though a great many struggles or battles were fought here, a long time ago.
However, from a distance, it can be discerned that Maati is a peculiarly shaped island: a seven-pointed star. While the center remains the only part of that land that can be initially charted, the different prongs of the star are each walled off with a large door, each bearing a different, glowing sigil. Those who remember the caves underneath Ensō might recall this occurrence as worryingly similar.
Won't You Liberate Me?
The avatar of Maati, similar to Harv, will make their presence known rather quickly. Their temple can be found at the island's center, and it will be fairly obvious when one draws close: some of the only green on Maati can be found there! Their temple is a fairly simple thing, built of iron and copper. Yet more copies of the same seven sigils that can be found on the doors are inlaid periodically across the exterior, carved from differently-colored variants of jasper. Twined about the metallic construct, woven neatly throughout the composition of the building, several chestnut trees rear out into the sky. And everywhere you look, the symbol of the eagle can be found - fanning wings, hooked beak, outspread talons - carved into the walls, in the form of simple ornaments mounted on ledges and peaks.
Surprisingly gentle, we say, because Anbaki is the avatar of justice. And they might be able to explain those symbols mounted on all those doors, too...
As always, we'll have a thread for questions and comments, and we encourage you to make use of our Mod Contact page for private correspondence!
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Character/Username: Ginko (
Prior to coming to LifeAftr, what is an aspect of your character that they struggled with - be it a shortcoming, a fear, a bad habit, or eccentricity? Ginko has always had a lot of trouble letting himself get close to people - which isn’t to say that he doesn’t form strong emotional attachments, just that he feels like he shouldn’t and gets incredibly guilty when he realizes it’s happening. On top of that, he pretty consistently feels like whatever he may be doing to help those around him is never “enough”, and, to some degree, that he therefore doesn’t really “deserve” to exist.
What do they struggle with now? Is it the same as the above? Mostly the same! Possibly even more of the “not doing enough” issue, lmao...
What personal demons, specifically, haunt your character from canon or from past game experiences? The fact that his presence/existence caused a lot of people to get sick and some of them to die before he figured out how to keep his mushi-attracting business under control. Subsequently, a few instances of him not managing to save people - most notably, his failure to save one of the only human mountain gods he had ever met from being consumed by the mountain just before he ended up in Ryslig. As for Ryslig itself, the fact that he super did kill and eat someone still weighs on him pretty badly, as did his decision to make Newt kill him rather than him killing Newt. Also he just generally feels like the aggression that comes with his being a troll has essentially eaten away one of the only things he’s ever liked about himself so that’s fun.
What is the type of person your character hopes to become? The short version is that he’d really just like to be the kind of person he used to pretend to be when working: He wants to be able to help and protect people, to make a positive impact and help with their safety, but he wants to be able to do it without getting excessively attached and overstepping what he considers reasonable social boundaries for himself.
What is the type of person you hope your character will become? I would very much like him to be able to forge emotional connections with people and just… let himself, basically? Let himself exist. Etc.
Do any of the Seven Deadly Sins or Virtues stand out as applicable to your character? Why?
ENVY - Ginko very badly wants a “normal” life, and, when someone else has what he would consider to qualify, becomes intensely envious of their situation. Though he typically handles this primarily by doing whatever he can to protect their ability to continue that normalcy, his desire for that kind of life can blind him to whether the other person actually wants what he wishes so much that he had, and whether their situation is truly better than his.
KINDNESS - Apparently this one is the direct opposition of envy because Ginko is a complicated asshole. Anyway, as stated above, Ginko’s response to someone else having what he wants is to do everything in his power to make sure they keep it. He feels strongly about preserving other people’s happiness, and his compassion for others shows in his dedication to helping them, even in situations where the risks to himself far outweigh the benefits.
PATIENCE - This guy’s ability to stick out frustrating or difficult situations without giving up or getting pissed is honestly incredible. Once a client stabbed him with a kitchen knife and he insisted on sticking around and finishing his job anyway. He’s pretty sure this is basically Gone because of his being a troll, but it’s still… there, just with a layer of exhaustion and another of impulsive snappishness on top.
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Its true meaning, whatever that might be, will only come to be clear in time.